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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking toward Chippenham.

©Maurice Pullin

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©Chris Henley

Dist:0.4km<br/>The pub gave its name to this cross-roads on the A4 and was reputedly where Charles Dickens stayed when gleaning information for The Pickwick Papers (NB see entry for The Hare and Hounds nearby).

©Stuart Logan

Dist:0.4km<br/>On the junction of the A4 London Bath road and Cross Keys Road to Biddestone. Charles Dickens is reputed to have stayed at the Cross Keys when writing the famous Pickwick Papers, and there are places named to reflect this including Pickwick Road and a car centre.

©Nick Smith

Dist:0.4km<br/>At the north east corner of the village on the A4. http://www.accessplace.com/moreinfo.htm

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.5km<br/>On the road to Biddestone.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.7km<br/>The Gazebo in the walled garden at Corsham Court. The door inside leads down a passage that links to the Bath House which can be seen to the left of the Gazebo.

©Paul Brooker

Dist:0.7km<br/>The Bath House in the grounds of Corsham Court designed by Capability Brown

©Paul Brooker

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©Dave Vaughan

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©David Tranter

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©Hugh McKechnie

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©Hugh McKechnie

Dist:0.8km<br/>The house was built in 1582 by Thomas Smythe and has a variety of owners and uses - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsham_Court .
The gardens and park were designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton.
The court is open to the public - see http://www.corsham-court.co.uk/ .

©Trevor Rickard

Dist:0.9km<br/>The row of cottages on the High Street were built in the 17th century and are made of rubble stone.

©Trish Steel

Dist:0.9km<br/>The faces of the characters appearing at the top of the memorial seen in full here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1950436 have weathered somewhat so that they take on the appearance of an ageing actress still clinging on to the notion that a shot of botox and a session of dermabrasion will roll back the years.

©Brian Robert Marshall

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